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Continuous Data Protection - Backups

CDP is a method which constantly communicates file changes to an external backup server. This means its possible to take many ‘snapshots' of data and store them efficiently. kNet are one of the only UK hosting providers to be offering this technology.

That's great, but what does that mean to me?

CDP gives us the ability to backup every file on your account, every day. If you make a mistake and delete a file, or if you accidently overwrite or modify a file, it can be restored within seconds.

We give you a CDP web interface, which allows you to browse your files from the last 14 days, and restore them to your hearts content, all with a click of a button! And if you're not sure, we are more than happy to do this for you, just tell us when and where!

What happens if there's a natural disaster, or a nuclear attack?

First of all don't panic, try to avoid the fallout by heading in the opposite direction to the wind. Secondly your site files are perfectly safe. Our backup systems are hundreds of miles away from our servers. Should our engineers have avoided the blast they will already be restoring your files to alternative servers, and have your site up and running again in no time.